Copyright Date:
2017
Edition Date:
2017
Release Date:
05/16/17
Pages:
259 pages
ISBN:
1-510-71179-1
ISBN 13:
978-1-510-71179-2
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2017008683
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
School Library Journal
(Mon May 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)
Gr 4-6When Sunflower's mom moves the family to North Carolina, Sunny leaves behind the only father figure she has ever knownnot to mention her cat, school, and friends. Sunny and her mother have moved in with Sunny's rich grandmother, whom the girl barely knows, because her mom is pursuing a graduate degree. It doesn't take long for Sunny to put her super-stupendous plan to get her mom and dad back together again into action, without regard to the consequences or the feelings she hurts. After a series of disastrous choices, Sunny realizes that she can't misbehave her way back to New Jersey and that it's up to her to figure out a way to forgive her mother and make amends with her grandmother. Ultimately, she learns that a dad is always a dad, no matter how far away. Although even preteens may shake their heads at the way Sunny refuses to accept a new reality (and cringe at her plots to get her way), they'll appreciate how she gradually discovers that she needs to deal with things the way they are and that even if circumstances change, she can still count on the people around her to come through for her. VERDICT Purchase where tween fiction featuring family drama is in demand.Elizabeth Friend, Wester Middle School, TX
Word Count:
52,009
Reading Level:
4.8
Interest Level:
4-7
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 4.8
/ points: 8.0
/ quiz: 199444
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:4.4 /
points:14.0 /
quiz:Q76650
Lexile:
720L
Sunny Beringer hates her first name—her real first name—Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has suddenly left behind her dad and uprooted their family miles away from New Jersey to North Carolina just so she can pursue some fancy degree. Sunny has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, and she’s had to leave her beloved cat and all her friends behind. And no one else seems to think anything is wrong.
So she creates “Sunny Beringer’s Totally Awesome Plan for Romance”—a list of sure-fire ways to make her parents fall madly in love again, including:
Send Mom flowers from a “Secret Admirer” to make her dad jealous and make him regret letting them move so far away.
Make a playlist of his favorite love songs—the mushier the better—and make sure it’s always playing in the car.
Ask them about the good old days when they first fell in love.
But while working on a photo album guaranteed to make Mom change her mind and rush them right back home, Sunny discovers a photo—one that changes everything.
Sunny’s family, the people she thought she could trust most in the world, have been keeping an enormous secret from her. And she’ll have to reconcile her family’s past and present, or she’ll lose everything about their future.
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